Fountain implement with pivotally mount ed dual brush units



' R. C. LOGAN FOUNTAIN IMPLEMENT WITH PIVOTALLY Sept. 7, 1948.

MOUNTED DUA Filed Jun BRUSH UNIT 25, 1946 INVENTOR. Robert C. Logan HTTYS Patented Sept. 7, 1948 FOUNTAIN IMPLEMENT WITH PIVOTALLY MOUNTED BRUSH UNITS Robert 0. Logan, Chowchilla, Calif.

Application June 25, 1946, Serial No. 679,152

This invention relates generally to floor brushes such as are used in dairy barns; the invention being directed particularly to, and it is an object to provide, an improved fountain type floor brush having a pair of brushes rockably mounted on the lower end of a supporting handle so that the brushes bear flat on the floor regardless of the tilt of the handle.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means to supply water to such pair of brushes from the handle regardless of the tilt of the latter relative to said brushes.

Another object of the invention is to provide a dual brush unit which comprises a handle having a tubular T-shaped head on its lower end, and a pair of transversely spaced block backed brushes; the opposed legs of the T-shaped head seating in matching sockets in the corresponding brush blocks, and there being water delivery openings between said legs and the bristles of the brushes.

A further object of the invention is to produce a practical device and one which will be exceedingly efiective for the purpose for which it is designed.

These objects are accomplished by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the dual brush unit.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation taken through one of the brushes.

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross section of the dual brush unit with the upper portion of the handle arrangement removed.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the dual brush unit comprises a pair of longitudinally extending brushes indicated generally at I disposed in parallel transversely spaced apart relation. The brushes I each comprise a backing block 2 and a plurality of bristles 3 depending from said block.

The brushes are connected together, and water is supplied to said brushes, by the following handle arrangement:

A tubular T head, indicated generally at 4, includes opposed legs or conduits 5 which seat in relatively rotatable relation in transverse bores or sockets 6 formed in the blocks 2 and opening into the inner longitudinal edges thereof centrally of the ends of said brushes.

The brushes I are secured against escape from 1 Claim. (01. 15128) the opposed legs 5 of the T head 4, but without limiting relative rocking movement of said brushes, by means of a cross bolt 1 which extends through both of the blocks 2 and through the legs 5. The brushes I may be removed from the T head 2, for cleaning or replacement, by merely removing the cross bolt 1 and then withdrawing the blocks 2 from the legs 5. The central or tubular shank 8 of the T head 4 is relatively short. closed at its upper end, and there provided with a clamp 9 for the reception of the lower end of a wooden handle I0.

Below the clamp 9 the central or tubular shank 8 is formed with a rearwardly projectin lateral neck II in communication with said shank; the neck being adapted to be coupled by a fitting I2 with a water supply hose I3. The hose I3 connects with the T head relatively close to the floor. The brush unit may be manipulated without any substantial interference from the hose and additionally the latter does not tend to rub against the clothing of the operator.

In normal use of the dual brush unit the handle Ill extends at an upward and rearward incline, as shown in Fig. 1., at which time the neck II projects at a downward and rearward incline toward the floor whereby the hose I3 has no sharp bend made therein.

Water, as delivered from the hose I3 through neck II and shank 8, is fed from the legs 5 through the blocks 2 into the bristles 3 in the following manner:

The blocks 2 are each formed on the bottom thereof and directly below the legs 5 with transverse slots I4, i. e., the slots I4 extend parallel to the axis of said legs. Spiral, downwardly opening slots I5 are formed in the legs 5, and the slot I5 of each such leg runs in register with the corresponding slot M in the adjacent block 2. The spiral of the slots I5 is provided so that said slots will register with corresponding slots I4 regardless of the tilt of the handle III.

When the above described dual brush unit is in use and is pushed back and forth the brushes I-being relatively rockably mounted-follow floor configuration closely as is desirable to the accomplishment of proper floor brushing. At the same time water flows constantly into the bristles 3 from the described fountain assembly.

Though simple in its structure, the described dual brush unit is very practical and by reason of the particular mounting of the brushes I, their removal for cleaning or replacement can be effected readily and quickly.

From the foregoing description it will be readily 3 seen that there has been produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, the following is claimed as new and useful and upon which Letters Patent is desired:

A dual brush unit comprising a pair of. block backed floor brushes disposed in side by side but spaced relation, a tubular T head having opposed legs and a central shank, the blocks having transverse sockets therein open to the inner side edges of said blocks, corresponding legs of the T head relatively rotatably seating in said sockets, the central shank then being disposed between the brushes, means normally preventing separa- 4 tion of the blocks from said legs, means adapted to feed Water to the tubular T head, there being registering water delivery openings in the legs and blocks, and a handle secured to said central shank; said separation preventing means being an elongated bolt extending transversely through the blocks and through the legs of the T head. ROBERT C. LOGAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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